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front page story in the Alabama Journal (now Montgomery Advertiser) on November 4, 1964, the day after Dickinson first won election to US Congress, reported: "Swept into office in the wake of the states rights protest from thousands of Republican and defiant Democratic voters alike were...William L. Dickinson in the 2nd [district]..." (emphasis mine)
The Montgomery Advertiser, the local newspaper in Dickinson's congressional district, slightly preferred "Bill Dickinson" in its news coverage. For instance, "Congressman Bill Dickinson" has
700+ matches, and "Rep. Bill Dickinson" has
3,000+ matches, for a total of about 3,700. In contrast, there were about 3,100 for these variants of William Dickinson:
In contrast, national media preferred William. For instance, "william l dickinson" alabama site:Nytimes.com has 69 results to the seven for "Bill Dickinson" Alabama site:nytimes.com when searching The New York Times website.
Also, The Washington Post used William L. Dickinson - "William L. Dickinson R-Ala" site:washingtonpost.com has 66 results to just three for the same search term using "Bill".
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Arbor to SJ, thank you for taking the time to make your point in such great detail. We also have another article,
William L. Dickinson High School, about a school that is named after a different William L. Dickinson. This leaves me wondering whether we actually need to shorten this title. Also, although many sources refer to this politician with the abbreviated middle name, many others use the full name, so that shows a mixed picture. Could you please comment on these points? Thank you.
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03:09, 25 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Regarding the high school: "William L. Dickinson High School" +"Jersey City" has 73k+ google results. Dropping the "William L" from that search returns 97k+ results, indicating that the "William L." needs to be kept in the title.
Support per nom. There are plenty of subjects named
William Dickinson, but only one in the encyclopedia with an "L." middle name at all (there does not seem to be a case for the school official), so it would be natural to abbreviate the name to this.
BD2412T00:40, 2 January 2023 (UTC)reply
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front page story in the Alabama Journal (now Montgomery Advertiser) on November 4, 1964, the day after Dickinson first won election to US Congress, reported: "Swept into office in the wake of the states rights protest from thousands of Republican and defiant Democratic voters alike were...William L. Dickinson in the 2nd [district]..." (emphasis mine)
The Montgomery Advertiser, the local newspaper in Dickinson's congressional district, slightly preferred "Bill Dickinson" in its news coverage. For instance, "Congressman Bill Dickinson" has
700+ matches, and "Rep. Bill Dickinson" has
3,000+ matches, for a total of about 3,700. In contrast, there were about 3,100 for these variants of William Dickinson:
In contrast, national media preferred William. For instance, "william l dickinson" alabama site:Nytimes.com has 69 results to the seven for "Bill Dickinson" Alabama site:nytimes.com when searching The New York Times website.
Also, The Washington Post used William L. Dickinson - "William L. Dickinson R-Ala" site:washingtonpost.com has 66 results to just three for the same search term using "Bill".
Hi @
Arbor to SJ, thank you for taking the time to make your point in such great detail. We also have another article,
William L. Dickinson High School, about a school that is named after a different William L. Dickinson. This leaves me wondering whether we actually need to shorten this title. Also, although many sources refer to this politician with the abbreviated middle name, many others use the full name, so that shows a mixed picture. Could you please comment on these points? Thank you.
Dr. Vogel (
talk)
03:09, 25 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Regarding the high school: "William L. Dickinson High School" +"Jersey City" has 73k+ google results. Dropping the "William L" from that search returns 97k+ results, indicating that the "William L." needs to be kept in the title.
Support per nom. There are plenty of subjects named
William Dickinson, but only one in the encyclopedia with an "L." middle name at all (there does not seem to be a case for the school official), so it would be natural to abbreviate the name to this.
BD2412T00:40, 2 January 2023 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.